fortress

Speech parts

1. fortress - Noun

2. fortress - Verb

Meaning

A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.

To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fort citadel castle fortification bastion bulwark stronghold garrison rampart keep redoubt harbor chateau palace rook
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Antonyms

pavilion cote kennel barrack shack booth
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Hypernyms

defense defence defensive structure

Hyponyms

presidio martello tower sconce alcazar

Phrases with the word

intelligent fortress floating fortress fortress-like

Derivatives

fortresses

Examples

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken. Margaret of Valois

But when a woman decides to sleep with a man, there is no wall she will not scale, no fortress she will not destroy, no moral consideration she will not ignore at its very root: there is no God worth worrying about. Gabriel García Márquez

Wherever my work may take me in the near future even if you should see me one day within the fortress - you can always count on me as your reliable assistant. Hjalmar Schacht

A fortress surrenders from within. Bulgarian Proverb

Unanimity is the strongest fortress. Danish Proverb

The fortress that parleys soon surrenders. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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